Several area law enforcement departments began participating in the Click It or Ticket campaign on Monday.
The Missouri Department of Transportation's Office of Highway Safety, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Missouri Safety Center handed out grants to assist in a national effort to increase seatbelt and child restraint use.
The campaign ends Dec. 1.
In Missouri, failure to wear a seatbelt is a secondary offense, meaning drivers can't be pulled over for it, but they can be cited for it if they're stopped for some other traffic offense.
According to the Office of Highway Safety, seatbelts reduce the risk of fatality in an accident by 45 percent.
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